East Rudham
| East Rudham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Signpost in East Rudham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF826280 |
| Location: | 52°49’8"N, 0°42’30"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 553 (2021) |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE31 |
| Dialling code: | 01485 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Norfolk |
East Rudham is a village in Norfolk, on the A148 between King's Lynn and Cromer. It is found 14 miles north-east of King's Lynn and 28 miles north-west of Norwich. It includes the former parish of Broomsthorpe.
The 2021 census recorded East Rudham's population as 553.
History
East Rudham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Rudda's homestead or village'.[1]
Several Iron Age and Roman artefacts have been found close to East Rudham, and there is further evidence to suggest a small Roman settlement was based on the modern village.[2]
In the Domesday Book, East and West Rudham are recorded together as a settlement of 67 households in the Hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes.[3]
East Rudham Railway Station opened in 1880 as a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between South Lynn and Melton Constable. The station closed in 1959.
During the Second World War, a starfish site was created on nearby Coxford Heath designed to draw Luftwaffe bombers away from King's Lynn.[4]
St Mary's Church
East Rudham's parish church is dedicated to St Mary and was rebuilt in the mid-nineteenth century in the Perpendicular style after the tower collapsed into the nave. St Mary's is located on Fakenham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1953.[5]
St. Mary's boasts a font dating from 1852 as well as a brass plaque and a churchtower clock which commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Rudham) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "mnf30883 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf30883.
- ↑ [east-and-west-rudham [East and West] Rudham] in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf15020 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf15020.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1077780: Church of St Mary, East Rudham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastrudham/eastrudham.htm.